Archive for February, 2008

Sorry for the late post. Gametracker not working and radio was with baseball until late in Game 2.
Stanford is ahead 30-22, 30-23. Radio man Scott Robbs said the Warriors look flat and showing little emotion.

It was the second offer of the day for Billy Ray, who also got one from Washington State.

“Coach McMackin was really cool about it,” said Bill Stutzmann, the father. “He said he didn’t want an answer right away. He told Billy Ray to go home and think about it, talk it over with the family.”

Stutzmann is the first known UH offer for the graduating class of 2009. Last fall he was a second-team Star-Bulletin all-state selection.

He is around 6-1, 160. Having watched him run track, I think his listed 4.45 time in the 40 is legit.

Oh, and Billy Ray’s brother, Craig, is a former UH standout receiver who is now a grad assistant at UH working with … you guessed it, receivers.

Hawaii wins Game 1 30-26. Close until 16-16. UH scored three straight to take the lead for good at 19-16. Sounds like an ILH match with UH’s Carney (Iolani) and Frank (Kamehameha) against Stanford’s Shoji (Iolani), McLachlin (Punahou) and Inafuku (Kamehameha). McLachlin had seven kills in Game 1, five kills for Clar.

From the Statesman-Journal
Willamette University has hired Tom Shoji as its women’s volleyball coach.
Shoji, younger brother of Hawaii coach Dave Shoji, has a long career as a collegiate volleyball coach. His head coaching experience in women’s volleyball totals 24 seasons, including six years each at New Mexico State and Indiana, plus 11 years at Colorado State-Pueblo and one year at Westmar (Iowa) University.
“Tom’s nationally respected teaching skills and his proven track record of success will provide our program with a boost almost immediately,” Willamette athletic director Mark Majeski said.
“I’m kind of excited about it,” said Shoji, currently the associate athletic director-compliance and student services at UC San Diego. “I’m coming into a conference with a lot of experienced coaches. It’s going to be a challenge getting Willamette competing for that conference title in the future. That’s our ultimate goal for now.”
Willamette has been 4-22 each of the past two seasons and has lost 43 Northwest Conference matches in a row.